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Ride the Lightning by Metallica

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    Track     Duration Listeners
1 Fight Fire With Fire 4:45 267,672
2 Ride the Lightning 6:38 298,569
3 For Whom the Bell Tolls 5:12 439,982
4 Fade To Black 6:56 465,222
5 Trapped Under Ice 4:05 238,872
6 Escape 4:24 227,156
7 Creeping Death 6:37 327,117
8 The Call of Ktulu 8:56 277,366
9 For Whom The Bell Tolls (Live Version) 5:35 369
10 Creeping Death (Live) 8:13 10,987
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Universal Music Colombia S.A. (2009) Released: 21 Dec 2009 10 tracks (61:21)
Ride The Lightning is the second album by band Metallica. It was released on July 27, 1984 by Megaforce Records. It was re-released in the same year on November 19 by Elektra records. In the United States alone Ride The Lightning has sold over 5 million copies.

Ride the Lightning is often hailed by fans as a classic of the thrash metal genre and a vital bridge between the band’s albums Kill ‘Em All and Master of Puppets, pushing the thrash metal of the debut into progressive territory more fully-realized on “Master of Puppets” and “…And Justice for All.”

Ride the Lightning retains the speed of Kill ‘Em All on songs like “Trapped Under Ice” and “Fight Fire with Fire”, but also contains the first of Metallica’s longer, more intricate tracks, such as “Fade to Black” and the nearly 9-minute closing instrumental “The Call of Ktulu”. “Ride the Lightning” is the last Metallica album to credit Dave Mustaine.

Ride the Lightning was listed at #3 on a list compiled by metal-rules.com of the Top 100 Metal Albums of All Time and #5 by IGN Music on the Top 25 Metal Albums.
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  • BottinelliSam

    yeah?

    Sunday afternoon

  • Wuzzly

    Except MOP, vastly overrated.

    Thursday morning

  • veyita_88

    yeah the first four are masterpieces

    Tuesday morning

  • leandro_xps

    Ride The Lightning is the best album for me, but Kill 'Em All and And Justice for All... are masterpieces too

    8 days ago

  • veyita_88

    No way man.Kill em all rules bt this is their best.

    9 days ago

  • Oferthrash

    Kill Em All Is so much better than RTL

    13 days ago

  • ivansantoslima

    my favorite album of all time, my favorite band of all time

    17 days ago

  • Teyzo1

    No need to say it's their best, we all know that. :)

    19 days ago

  • Aru10

    their best album [260]

    20 days ago

  • veyita_88

    WindOfChanges you forget the title track one of the best too.

    21 days ago

  • sejaeterno

    their best album [259]

    21 days ago

  • WindOfChanges

    RTL>MOP, deal with it, people. [6] Why this is my favorite album by Metallica? Because 'Fight fire with fire', because 'For whom the bell tolls' ,because 'Creeping Death', because 'The call of Ktulu', and because 'Fade to Black'!

    23 days ago

  • Gerasya

    Love this album so much

    23 days ago

  • RodrigoSousarj

    perfect.

    27 days ago

  • ruciniak

    RTL>MOP, deal with it, people. [5]

    last month

  • xuemeihengxing

    their best album [258]

    last month

  • Link_Zero

    The best album of metallica

    last month

  • GabrielFrigeri

    http://www.lastfm.com.br/group/Master+of+Puppets+-+Metallica is better

    last month

  • Ritual_Suicide

    their best album [256]

    last month

  • Joizo

    RTL > Anything

    last month
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